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Hollyhocks
Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks

James David Smillie (American, 1833–1909)
1889
Medium/TechniqueMezzotint on chine
DimensionsSheet: 23.3 × 21.8 cm (9 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK2056
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: JSmillie / July '89. Lower left, in graphite: James D. Smillie. / June. '89. Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: my first experiment with mezzotint. / To my friend S. R. KoehlerProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.